also, british prime minister's questions with david cameron, and later, another chance to see our political bloc with michael steele, sharron angle, and president obama fund raising with harry reid. ♪ .

maybe my home, my only home, was where i was born in new york city, -- mexico city, and it is the house that i lived in for almost 20 years, and i can remember the address and phone number, and that is the only time in my life when i have felt at home, and now, in the united states, this country has given me opportunities that my country

could not give me, but, still, i have the sense of i am an immigrant, and i feel like an immigrant 27 years after getting to the united states. i still feel like i am an immigrant. there is no home for me anymore. host: why did you become a citizen note? >> it was important for me to participate fully in this country. it is a wonderful country. this country would treat other immigrants like me, and the millions of immigrants who came up to me, it is truly amazing note, and i was born the year there was a book written, and with the wonderful ideas, of course, he was killed in 1963, but in 1965, with the immigration act, everything changed, and because of that,

because of john f. kennedy and "a nation of immigrants," i wanted to participate fully, and i was very concerned about the war. my children were born in this country, and i want it to be fully part of the united states. this has been a wonderful, generous, and many of this country for me, and i wanted to be part of it. >> those who do not speak spanish and who do not watch univision -- lately, you have been appearing on other networks. where do they see you every night? >> i am on a 6:30 nationwide, and it goes not only to the united states but also 13 latin- american countries, and then on sunday morning, i have a political talk show, so they can see me sundays or every night at 6:30, competing with the networks, but what is interesting, when i first

arrived in the united states in 1983, there were only about 15 million latinos in this country, and right now, there are 50 million latinos. the census has confirmed this. right now, in many cities, like miami and los angeles and new york, chicago, our newscast in spanish get better ratings and have more audience than the english-language news cast, so something is changing in this country. the latinas will become the majority in this country. we will not be here, brian, but in 100 years from now, the latinos will be the majority. it is changing everything, from the way we talked to the baby dance to the way we eat to the way we do politics. -- to the way we dance. without the latino vote, no one can make it to the white house, so everything has been changed.

>> i counted about 64 affiliates. is that number closer? >> oden and operated, less than that. >> -- owned and operated. >> how many people watch you at 6:30? >> over 2 million people. we are the fifth largest network in the united states, and people do not realize that, and in the mornings, sunday mornings, may be about 1 million people. >> there was a time when another person ran univision, and several people have run it. who owns it now? >> it is a new group. it is in charge. there is a group of investors at haute couture as to us, and i think they believe in us -- a group of investors to trust in us. we are going to keep on going. what is so interesting is that

while the networks consummate complain about their declining ratings, we are going exactly the opposite way. now, with the world cup, we had a game recently with mexico playing against uruguay, and more than 9 million people tuned in, so something is changing in this country, something magnificent going on in this country, and not only are there more immigrants coming in, and most of them speak spanish, but we latinos love each other so much that we tend to have more children, three children per family, in comparison to about two children per family for the rest of the american families. >> all right, what does that mean? the person you runs and owns the company, univision, born in alexandria, egypt, move to israel, moved to france, moved into the united states, who is the mighty power ranger that he

developed years ago, a very active democrat in the country, a big supporter of bill clinton, now owns the spanish-speaking network, does it mean anything? >> it means that this country is based on the acceptance of immigrants. this country is based on diversity, and this country promotes creativity, and what a wonderful experiment. when he was in this country, and he was amazed by realizing that it does not matter where you come from. there is a sense of equality, so is his story and my story and millions of stories that once you come to this country, everyone is equal. hundreds of years ago with the declaration of independence, we were promised that all men are created equal, and we can say all men and women are created

equal. unfortunately, things are changing. i just came back from south africa, covering the world cup, and i was amazing the surprised to see how in only 16 years, south africans not only have put aside -- they have progressed incredibly against discrimination and segregation. when i came back, and when you see what is going on in arizona, you realize that they are going in exactly the opposite direction of south africa. i am not saying that the majority of people in arizona, for instance, when to create something, but what i am seeing in arizona and other parts of the country, the way they treat immigrants, it resembles a shamefully " the worst in south africa -- it resembles shamefully the worst in south africa. >> therefore, for me, united states is neutral, an odorless country, and so, my nose is

pointed always to mexico. >> i felt exactly the same way. there are anecdotal stories to that. i have broken my nose three times. i cannot smell at all, and so, i will never forget, i will never for gephardt that i was born in mexico -- i will never forget. i am teaching my children to respect the routes it, their history -- the roots. i am incredibly proud of being a u.s. citizen and having been born in mexico. a few years ago, i was talking to a writer from chile, and she was telling me that for many years, she was having these conflicts. she did not know if she was from chile or if she was from the united states. she felt that she needed to choose, and then, 9/11 game, and

she realized she did not have to choose, that she could be at the same time from the united states and from chile. i do not have to chose. i can be from both, and i am very proud to be from both countries. >> "dying to cross," which was written after the victoria, texas, where the 19 people died? >> 19 people died trying to get into the united states. >> you are writing this, the mexican government has never under any administration in any type of serious effort to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants to the north, never. that is because it was not and is not in the country's best interest. the main focus of prism vincente fox's a little campaign was about crossing the border illegally, but the end result was nothing more than thousands of posters which were printed

up and attacked on electricity poles and bus station was all along the border. -- and attached on electricity poles and bus station walls all along the border. >> the mexican government is not interested in stopping mexicans from coming to the united states. as long as they're mexicans making $5 per day -- as long as there are mexicans making $5 per day, and where they can make that same amount of money in just half an hour or an hour, they will keep on coming. in mexico, just to keep up with the new workers coming into the job market, they would have to korea about 1 million jobs per year -- they would have to create about 1 million jobs per year, so what is happening to the $900,000 -- 900,000 mexicans, the young, korea, powerful mexicans, who do not have a job? they come to the united states -- the young, creative, powerful

mexicans? on average, there is about 450,000 immigrants coming into the united states illegally every single year, and they are coming because there are jobs for them, so it is an economic problem for all. it is an economic problem and requires an economic solution. mexico right now, and i have to say that, is not interested in stopping that, because what are they going to do with these 900,000 new workers every single year without a job? i am sorry. it is something that has to be dealt with with both governments. united states thinks that they can do with immigration alone, by themselves. it is not possible. they have to deal with mexico on this issue. >> pin lively discussions from time to tying. here is a little bit of a lively excerpt from blue dogs, back and forth, which happened after blue dogs left cnn. -- from blue dogslou do --

excerpt from lou dobbs. >> i mentioned what word? >> president barack obama, john mccain, newt gingrich, they have stopped using the word illegal immigrants or illegals. can you change that now? >> i do not see the point. i do not see the point. please, listen to me, jorge. i want to have a conversation. >> i am giving you the argument. >> i want to talk to jorge ramos. i do not need you to be a mouthpiece on other points of view. i bring you mine, you bring me yours. >> you are calling them illegal, but you do not call the american companies to have hired them --

>> i have said all along that the illegal employer is the central issue in this entire mess. >> yes, but you do not call them illegal. >> yes, i call them illegal. i call them illegal employers, and i am not rolling over to play games here. if i am taking on the power structure. >> where did that happen? >> he had left cnn, and we were doing and this interview for our sunday morning talk show "al punto." i think this is a double standard when we call illegal immigrants undocumented really is, and we do not realize the thousands of american companies are hiring -- hiring them brigitte: we called illegal immigrants undocumented aliens, and we do not realize the

thousands of american companies but who are hiring them. what is interesting is, i understand if you're unemployed in this country, there are 15 million people who are not employed. they are concerned that if we legalize 11 million undocumented people, they might lose their jobs, or they might not have a chance to get a new job. the reality is that all immigrants contribute more to the economy of this country than what they take away from it, and immigrants pay taxes, they create jobs, and they do not take away jobs from american citizens. i have not seen thousands or millions of americans going to the farm fields in california or in texas and florida, picking up tomatoes and oranges. note these were built by undocumented immigrants. it was harvested by undocumented immigrants, so i think it is a double standard to call them in the goals. something really interesting is

that president barack obama currently makes an effort not to call an illegal immigrants -- it is a double standard to call them illegals. i never call them illegal. >> yes, and i just want to find out what the definition was. i got on the internet, wikipedia, and i want to read you what they say, and i want to try to find out why this is so offensive. an alien who is present in a country, which is foreign to him or her, unlawfully, is known as an illegal alien of the country. an illegal alien commonly refers to a national referring in a country unlawfully, either by entering a place other than a designated port of entry or as the result of an expiration of in non immigrant visa. what is so offensive about somebody who is in that illegal"?being called "lega

>> even benjamin franklin was concerned that the united states, and especially philadelphia, would be germanized the same way people think the united states is being left in -- being latinized. with this discussion on immigration, respectively changing the words -- i mean, if we're able to change the words, and when you are saying "illegal," brian, many people think you're talking about terrorists and criminals, and that is what we have to change. most undocumented immigrants are not criminals or terrace, and when people realize that immigrants create jobs, they pay taxes, they do not take away jobs -- they are not criminals or terrorists. the justice department in a

recent study concluded that despite the fact that the immigrant population has more than doubled in the last decade, crime has gone down 35% when it comes to violent crimes, 25% when it comes to robert ts. but a conservative organization, -- when it comes to robberies. crime has gone down 13%, but in the other 31 states, crime went down less, so even in arizona, the fbi concluded that crime has been going down, so what i am saying is immigrants create jobs, and what i am saying is the more immigrants that you have, the less crime that you have. once you understand that, i think it will be easy to understand why we are so offended sometimes when people call them illegals, because when you use the word "illegals," i

think people think you mean criminals. barack obama, john mccain, and newt gingrich are not using the word. >> is there any other country in the world that would let, pick your number, a 11 million, 12 million people who are not documented go into their country? >> yes. >> there are could >> the united nations recently published a report korea -- there are? >> the united nations recently published a report, and we have only a 11 million of them. -- only 11 million of them. probably the percentage of immigrants in this country are foreign-born, it would be about 14% at this point, so, yes, we are talking about 35 million immigrants. >> i want to get to how you are

thinking. i have heard them, americans here are very much in favor of people from outside of your or certainly people from mexico or anywhere, hispanic, but what they really do not like is the fact that they are not here with documents. i mean, is it possible, because this thing get so emotional that people have a legitimate reason for not wanting people here that are not documented? >> i understand, and i think we can all agree that the immigration system is broken. we can all agree that nobody wants or likes undocumented immigration, not even undocumented immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants. i think we can all agree that the u.s. government should not separate families and that it is impossible to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, and also, i think we can all agree

that the united states has the right to protect its borders, in a perfectly understand that, but we also have to understand that they are here not only because they wanted to come here, they are here because thousands of american companies need them, hired them, and because millions of americans are taking advantage of their work, so i think it is a double standard and hypocritical to criticize undocumented immigrants and at the same time benefit from them. many of the people are being benefited every single day by their presence in this country. we have to do something. it is incredible but the most powerful country in the world is persecuting and discriminating 11 million people, going against the principles of the declaration of independence. >> you had a little back and forth with a gentleman named hugo chavez. >> yes.

>> i want to show a video of you on a univision newscast. it shows pick your position on chavez. not renounce "h -- not renouncing the -- pronouncing the "h." >> [speaking spanish]

>> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish]

[dialog in spanish] >> is the documentary playing in this town right now, but oliver stone, and he says he loves the guy a. and you hear a lot of americans, not a lot, you hear americans say what a great president this guy is. >> he is not a democrat, and that is the problem. it is that simple. president hugo chavez, right now, he has concentrated all of the power in venezuela. he controls the congress. he controls the supreme court. decontrols the electoral body to organize a the election. he controls the army. . he controls the electoral body.

he controls most of the media. that is not a democracy. >> , and to the public like him? >> he has been able to win many elections note -- does the public like him? >> he has been able to win many elections, and it is not only very corrupt, but it is an authoritarian government, and he has won elections because the political competition and disappeared, basically, because he sometimes does not allow candidates to participate in elections. >> you have a sense why somebody like oliver stone would like him, admired him? >> -- admire him? >> it is interesting. it is fantastic just to talk to hugo chavez or with fidel castro paul -- fidel castro. they are interesting people, but you cannot get away from the fact that their dictators.

>> i want to read back something that you wrote about interviewing. >> when i interview president or people with lots of power, i especially like imagine them with their big bellies and their backaches but, bags under their eyes, balding, with hair coming out of their years, and your emails that have not been cut. in other words, i like lowering them to a manageable and realistic level. if you let and stand on their unprecedented, superhuman laurels, he would never have a good interview?" i wonder what i should do to interview you. >> the most important mission of a journalist, the most important mission in journalism is to confront those who are in power, to question those who are in power so that we can prevent abuse of power. who is going to ask those questions to fidel castro into hugo chavez?

-- and to hugo chavez? for that matter, to any president? to ask the tough questions. of course, if you go to venezuela, the second or third me that i talked to hugo chavez, a went to caracas to talk to him, and he did not want to talk to me in venezuela -- i went to caracas. so we went to the border with colombia, so i had to take another flight, an airplane that almost fell because we almost had an accident, and when he decided to talk to me, he was surrounded by hundreds of people, so whenever i was asking andestion, i was booed, whenever he was answering, he was getting applause from all of the people. the authoritarian president of venezuela. i would have to think of hugo chavez as just a human being who is sometimes insecure and who

has kids, in order just read a conversation. otherwise, i would not be able to ask a single question in. >> which american president, in a interviewed almost all of the big names, which is the hardest to interview, to get them to say anything, or the toughest interview well, we would just say tough? which one. you have done president obama, john mccain. >> all u.s. presidents. it is always difficult to go to the white house and confront the president. it is never easy. >> why? >> it is the most powerful man in the world, and it does not matter that you knew them during the campaign. once you go to the white house, and you talk to them in the white house, it is a different story. it does not matter that you might have had a good conversation with them during the campaign.

i spent a lot of time with george w. bush on a train in california when he was campaigning, and he was a very different person when he was in the white house. >> how? >> the power gets to them, and they are completely isolated. they lose touch with reality very, very fast. they tend to forget the promises very fast. -- their promises very fast. and i have noticed in all u.s. presidents, there is a sudden this, -- the suddensu -- suddenness, when they have the lives of other people in their hands, making the decision to go

to war, but you can barack obama, it has been a heavy, heavy weight korea on both of them -- when you talk to barack obama, it has been a very, very heavy weight on them. both of them. you can have a great conversation with george w. bush or barack obama on anything, and we can discuss immigration or the economy, but when it comes to war, their faces changed completely, and you notice honestly a sadness, and there are things that they tend to tell you, but you just have to say "war," and a change. it is completely different. it is something i do not think they realize -- and they change. that sense of history, and really being responsible for the deaths of other people, i have never seen it anywhere else, not

with any other foreign leader. it is not the same. with u.s. presidents, it is completely different. it is very different to be the leader of the world that just to be another president. >> back to one of the paragraphs in one of your books, mexico, your home country, in the early 1980's "was suffocating me. if i had remained in mexico, i probably would have been a poor, frustrated journalists or maybe a psychologist or university professor, speaking out against those who persecuted me." how many people are there in mexico? >> 105 million. >> 105 million. why is it so note different down there? -- why is it so different down there? >> we have a different culture. a different history. different priorities. >> why this censorship?

why the fear? >> since 1929 until the year pri. mexico had thep i will not say it was a dictatorship, but it was almost a dictatorship. the perfect dictatorship because it did not present itself as a dictatorship, but it was, and back then, just imagine in a government like that that would not allow me, forget about questioning the president, to say anything bad come anything critical of the president? i was 23 or 24, brian, and i did a report on the presidency, in which i included two members of the opposition party, two members of the opposition, and they did not allowed to run the report. it was complete censorship. you cannot use them in your

report, and you have to change your report instead of being critical of the president, you have to say he is a great president, and then i quit. i was very young. i was idealistic. i decided to quit. i quit. i sold my car. i got $2,000. i went to ucla and came as a student in 1983. >> you say you're in 13 other countries. >> yes. >> any of those other countries sensor your newscast >> i'm sure sometimes they do. .-- sensor your newscast? >> acuna i am sure they sometimes do. there are times when some decides that the interview -- i am sure they sometimes do. they just do not run it. even now, it happens all of the time, and so i am used to that. i find that all of the time, but what is wonderful about united states, i have never seen

another country that has such a substantial -- openness. it is amazing how we treat our presidents here. it is something that you cannot see in almost any other country of the world. >> why do you think that is? >> well, the first amendment. as a journalist, is such a privilege just to have the first amendment -- it is such a privilege. it is not only possible but healthy to criticize your own government. remember during the health-care debate, when president barack obama called democrats and republicans to the white house, and they were discussing openly in front of the cameras for how many hours? six hours? maybe more? i was talking to, the same day, i was talking to desmond tutu, the south african archbishop, and i was so amazed by this in

democracy, and this is wonderful. which country in the world, he was saying, desmond tutu, could do this, with the president could be confronted by the opposition party, and nothing happens? they go back to their home, and nothing happens. in other countries, if you did that, you would have a military coup, where you would have demonstrations in the street. no, nothing happens. we are used to it, but it is wonderful and a marvelous thing, . >> and the argument here is that they are not open enough. >> yes, and we would like to be even more open, but, still, it is fantastic if you compare it to other places. of course, in great britain, the political culture is different, and the debate is not only,

note -- " not only common, but with all of the politicians. i am still amazed by what i can see in the united states. >> in your book, you talk about your children, your wives, and you mentioned a girlfriend earlier, so, what? two wives? >> i am divorced. i was married once. i am 52. >> and the kids are where in doing what? >> my daughter is doing in internships right now at the european union. i think she wants to do politics -- my daughter is doing an internship. and my son is 12, and for many years, he wanted to be a soccer player, and in the middle of the world cup, you can understand that. i brought him to south africa, and we had the best time, watching the u.s.-great britain game, so i do not know, but

hopefully, neither one of them will be journalists. hopefully. >> and where do they live on a full-time basis? >> one is living with me in miami, and the other is living in paris, during the internship. >> in the book, "a country for all: an immigrant manifesto," you name great people. i went to name them. but cesar chavez. >> he gave as this fantastic sense of the importance of being latino and being proud of our roots, and he is the one who fought for latino rights and for immigrant rights before anyone else, and there is no question but that because of him, because of cesar chavez, in here, -- i am here, and there is

no question that we can say that no one can make it to the white house without the hispanic vote. he is the one he made the way for many of us. >> when? early 1990's? his actual job was what? >> i think the most important thing, when i think of cesar chavez, i think of latinos and immigrant rights as a civil- rights issue. when we think of him, we latinos, we would not be here, we would not have progress so much without cesar chavez. >> delores. >> remember barack obama note use to say -- barack obama is used to say -- obama used to say "yes, we can," and she is the

what you started this. "yes, we can." she supported initially hillary clinton note, .the hillary clinton, and after she lost the nomination, she went to support barack obama. even before cesar chavez. >> i am not sure your ju saylian say julian or something else. >> he is one of the first persons to denounce discrimination of latinos. i remember one of the paragraphs of ts professor, when he was saying it -- he remembers reading signs that would say "no latinos and dogs

allowed in a mark pryor -- in the park." when you have that, in you succeed, that is an example to follow in your life. -- and use 60. >> and university of notre dame professor, and he is no longer alive -- in you succeed. -- and you succeed. how do you say this other name? >> used to work for la raza, and if we put everyone together, cesar chavez and delores and julian, you'll find right now the father of all latinos, it would be the man fighting for latino rights of is live. >> the you know him? >> yes, i know him.

he has been a mentor to me and to many latinos in this country. because of them, we remember that we latinos are a part of this country, but at the same time, we can maintain a certain elements of our latino culture. >> and the final name is henry. >> not only have i worked with him, but let me say that i am completely convinced that the first hispanic president has been born. it is simply a matter of months. there are no are latinos and african-americans. i think we should have our first president. having said that, henry was the first person we all thought was going to be the first hispanic president of the united states, and he has been fighting for rights and opening up

possibilities. he is probably the first politician to open up the possibility of having a hispanic president. >> he was the mayor of san antonio. what happened? he just did not continue in politics. >> he had to admit to having a mistress and all of that. is that fair that he has to step aside? >> i do not think so. i think he would of been a fantastic president. >> he is still around. >> i do not think he is interested in running for office anymore. he would have been a wonderful, wonderful president, but now, we are thinking about a new generation. the son of former governor jeb bush. we're talking about a democrat and republican. these are two young

possibilities for having a first hispanic president. >> your background, i want you to talk about marcel proust. >> marcel proust. >> why marcel proust put? -- -- why marcel proust? >> it has to do with my nose. the medical fashion was to have a births with forceps. is that how you call them? >> yes. >> i do not know if it makes a lot of sense, but my mom thinks of as actually pulled into life -- things i was actually pulled into live by my nose -- thinks that.

i had a huge scar on my nose for many, many years. little by little, i started losing my sense of smell. i always had a crooked nose, and then i had three surgeries to try to sort of correct that, and then i broke in again playing basketball, and i had a fight, and they broke it again, and it happened so, so many times that my sense of smell is incredibly limited, so marcel proust, in his novel, when he was talking about the smell of madeleine and how that snow would bring him back to his youth, that is exactly how i feel. that tiny sense of smell that i have, when i smell the grass after it rains, it brings me back to mexico. it brings me back to when i w 5, 6, or seven.

>> tdd read all seven volumes? >> no, probably the first two. -- do you read all seven volumes? >> where? >> in college. it was to my nose, my crooked nose. >> and you also " de tocqueville. >> he was the great adventurer. it would have been fantastic to be alexis the tocqueville wrote -- de tocqueville. we just had july 4, and i was in washington and new york. just imagine a 21st century de tocqueville going to see the fireworks here in washington or in new york. what a wonderful experience? the same ideas that counted

telco got -- note that de tocqueville got was the quality, everyone is equal in this country -- the same idea that de tocqueville got, that everyone is equal in this country. barack obama, without a father, an african-american made it to the white house. that is the best example we have anything, absolutely anything is possible in this country. >> back to your work, we see members of congress on the floor and in committees speaking english. lincoln, guittierz, one from florida, who i believe is retiring. >> he is retiring. >> bonds but you interviewed him in spanish. i want to show people from univision. >> [speaking spanish]

[>> speaking spanish] spanish]ing] spani >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] >> you are in there. who was that? in your co-anchor?

>> we have been working together for more than 20 years now. >> you are bilingual. is it different with people speak in spanish? >> i hope that you have the opportunity to watch the world cup through univision and the world cup three espn. you might think -- through espn. you might think it is a completely different game and a completely different year, because the way we express our emotions in spanish is completely different than the announcers on espn. going beyond that, the u.s. is the largest spanish-speaking country in the world with the exception of mexico. latinos are growing faster in this country. again, they are going to be the majority of angelique, so i am not saying -- eventually. i am not saying we are becoming a bilingual country, but there are parts of the united states where we are already bilingual, and part of our culture as the

united states of america is just to have another language. this is the only country in the world that i know that complained that we speak spanish or french or other languages. in other countries, that is exactly what they're looking for in their students, so it is fantastic that korea the possibility of speaking both english and spanish, and, yes, the emotions are different -- it is fantastic that we have the possibility. most members of congress speaks spanish fluently. >> what is the difference in the emotions of a cuban-american and a mexican-american? on this issue of immigration and on other issues, what is one of the more conservative? >> it very simply has to deal with the law. the cuban americans, they have been very successful in presenting their point of view in washington. they know how washington works, and they have been able to

protect people coming from cuba, so if you are cuban, and you get into the united states, you can stay here legally, but if you are in mexican, doing exactly the same thing, and you touch u.s. territory, you're going to be detained and deported. >> what do you think of that? >> it would be great if mexicans were to have the same rights as cuban's, but it is a completely different situation because cubans are coming from a dictatorship, escaping from a dictatorship, and most mexicans are coming for economic reasons. again, the u.s. has a right to protect its borders. we have to change immigration. it is not working. it is not right that some of certain rights, and others are treated differently. i understand, however, why cubans are doing it. i am all in favor of protecting those who are escaping from

dictatorship. >> and you live among them. >> yes, and not only that, but my son and my daughter have cuban blood in their veins, but so, yes, of course. >> from their mothers? >> yes. >> this is another clip. this is the opposite, you in english interviewing an english- speaking member of congress. >> with my accent. >> john boehner. >> [speaking spanish] >> no, they do not. >> [speaking spanish] >> what do you think john boehner sat for an interview? . the republican party has to

make peace with latinos on immigration, and the republican party has to make peace with latinos, in general. if they do not, they are going to lose the election after election after election. it is that simple. where is john mccain right now? i interviewed in john mccain, not many times, but once in september 2008, and back then, he told me that he was in favor of a path to citizenship, in he considered all undocumented immigrants as cox children. now, spicuzza -- and he considered all undocumented immigrants as god's children. are they not god's children anymore? president barack obama cannot do it anymore. where are the 11 republicans who voted for immigration reform years ago? the republicans are going to

lose them, and they will lose the power for many, many generations from now. it is said that latinos are all republicans, but they do not know it. they are against abortion. they are against big government, very suspicious against big government, so in terms of values, but latinos are very close to republican party. in terms of history, they feel much more comfortable with democrats. >> in this book, this is the last of, actually, five. barack obama, may 23, 2007, in the u.s. senate. the time to fix a broken immigration system is now. what do you think of his american university speech? >> it was not only a good speech, i think it was a great speech, but lack of action, it is not enough. >> being an american is not a

matter of blood or birth korea is a matter of faith. it is a matter of fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear. that is what makes us unique. if that is what makes us strong. anybody can help us write the next great chapter in our history. now, we cannot forget that this process of immigration and the eventual inclusion has often been painful. each new wave of immigrants has generated fear and resentment towards newcomers, particularly in times of economic upheaval. >> president rack obama, since he was running for office, i think he was running for the white house, he told me in an interview in may 2008 that he was going to have an immigration bill during his first year in office. 18 months later, nothing has happened. president barack obama who broke

his promise. it is that simple. the speech was fantastic, but we need action. deportationstop the of students. he could stopped -- he could have stopped the deportation of students. he could have called for a bipartisan white house summit on immigration. he could have even presented his own proposal, his own immigration bill, as he promised during the campaign, and he did not, so the time for speeches is over. the time for work is way over. we need action. >> a question to you about being in a person and being in journalism and why you take sides -- being an anchorperson appear -- note anchorperson -- being an anchorperson. why do you as a journalist take

sides on this issue? >> i would have to say that as an immigrant, i take sides. i do my job as a journalist, and every single night, and not supposed to, but and i will not give you my opinion during my newscast, nor during my political show on sunday mornings, because that is not my role. i was not hired to give my opinion, and i will not give my opinion as a journalist. we understand that you and i, we have opinions, and as an immigrant, i have the privilege of being an immigrant with a voice, not only because i am on tv every single night, but because i am invited on programs like yours and because there are millions of immigrants who do not have a voice. there are millions of immigrants who are invisible to the rest of america, so as an immigrant, i think i have to take sides, and i am taking sides with those immigrants who

came behind me. sometimes, it is giving voice to the voiceless and making visible those who are invisible, so as an immigrant and as a journalist and as a writer, i think i have not only the right but the duty to do that. >> how many books have you written? >> kendry this is the 10th. >> which once sold the most? -- this one is the 10th. >> which once sold the most >> the one that was the most personal note sold the most. >> was it in hard back? >> it was written in spanish initially, and now, -- hopefully, we will not need this book two years from now. this is a book for action. it is calling for action. we will get immigration reform in the next few years, and then we will not need a book like this.

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